Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9781447323563
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1447323564
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9781447335351
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144733535X
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9781447335368
Inhalt:
This book presents the first collection of Robert Pinker's influential essays in one edited volume, discussing the key concepts underpinning the study of social policy and the ways in which welfare theories and ideologies together with public expectations have shaped the political processes of policy making
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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SOCIAL POLICY AND WELFARE PLURALISM -- Contents -- Acknowledgement -- Preface -- General introduction -- General introduction. Robert Pinker on rethinking approaches to welfare -- Introduction -- Social theory and policy -- Social policy, a sociology of morals and marrying formal and informal care -- On the foundations of welfare pluralism -- Conclusion -- Introduction to Part One -- Introduction to Part One. On social policy studies -- 1. The ends and means of social policy: a personal and generational perspective -- Introduction
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Academic influences â#x80;#x93; the 1950s onwardsTheories and models of welfare -- Conclusion -- 2. Social theory and social policy: a challenging relationship -- The role of theory in social research -- Policy making, policy research and public opinion -- Behavioural and structural models of poverty -- Moral imperatives and the relief of poverty -- Liberal individualism, social inequality and poverty -- Socialism, collectivism, social inequality and poverty -- Conclusion -- 3. Stigma and social welfare -- 4. The welfare state: a comparative perspective
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The moral basis of social welfare A comparative typology of social welfare -- Social welfare in Britain -- Social welfare in America -- Social welfare in Russia -- International aspects of social welfare -- Conclusion -- Afterthoughts -- 5. Richard Titmuss and the making of British social policy studies after the Second World War: a reappraisal -- The early years -- The political and social background -- Titmussâ#x80;#x99;s social policy -- Reviewing the contribution -- Conclusion -- Afterthought -- Introduction to Part Two
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Introduction to Part Two. On social care, communities and the conditions for well-beingReport of the Working Party on the Role and Tasks of Social Workers: an alternative 6. view -- Defining social work -- The notion of community -- Accountability -- Generalism and specialism -- Organising social work -- Social work values -- A general council and local welfare advisory Committees -- Implications for social work education -- Conclusion -- Afterthought
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The quest for community: From the Settlement Movement to the Griffiths Report: an 7. historical perspectiveThe recovery and cultivation of community -- The current situation -- Formal social services and informal care: some general issues -- Decentralisation and specialisation: the Kent Project -- Social work and social control -- The Griffiths proposals -- 8. Citizenship, civil war and welfare: the making of modern Ireland -- The Marshall perspective -- The origins of the conflict -- From Catholic emancipation to land reform
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Offer, John Social Policy and Welfare Pluralism : Selected Writings of Robert Pinker Bristol : Policy Press, ©2017
Sprache:
Englisch
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